Yuri!!! On Ice wins Crunchyroll’s “Anime of the Year” Award – Angering Crunchyroll users
Yesterday Crunchyroll announced on social media that sports anime Yuri!!! On Ice won the “Anime of the Year” award in their inaugural Anime Awards, meaning that it won all the awards it was nominated…
Winter Season 2017 – First Thoughts and Impressions
Suddenly it’s 2017! As we sweep up the pine needles and polish off the last crumbs of Christmas cake, the first episodes of the new and continuing Winter 2017 series are appearing. Is this…
Yuri!!! On Ice wins all the Crunchyroll Anime Awards it was nominated for (so far…)
In Crunchyroll’s first ever Anime Awards, figure skating series Yuri!!! On Ice is on course to make a clean sweep and win all seven of the categories it was nominated in, winning six with one yet …
Streaming review of Yuri!!! On Ice, Episodes 9-12 (Crunchyroll)
WARNING: Contains spoilers
Link to review of Episodes 1-8.
“Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.”…
Streaming review of Yuri!!! On Ice, Episodes 1-8 (Crunchyroll)
“Galocher – to kiss with tongues.” “La galoche – an ice-skating boot.” – Definitions from Petit Robert, France’s most popular dictionary.
It seems that in France ice skating and kissing go hand-in-hand…
Autumn Anime Season 2016
Autumn Season 2016 – the leaves are falling and just as we finish watching and discussing Mob Psycho 100 or Re:Zero or Sweetness and Lightning, the anime studios are already tempting us …
KonoSuba Season 1 Review
What if, when you die, you were given the chance to be reborn in another world tasked with defeating a demon lord? This is the choice that the shut-in main character of KonoSuba: God’s Blessing …
Crunchyroll Arrives On Wii!
The legacy of NIntendo’s break-out success lives on, following an announcement from the anime streaming service Crunchyroll that they have expanded the list of supported platforms …
World Trigger given a second series
Shonen Jump‘s sci-fi anime World Trigger is to be given a second series, which will feature an original plot not in the manga.
At the “World Trigger Summer Festival 2015″ it…
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches: Episodes 1-7 Streaming
Episodes 1-7 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)
“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” – Ingrid Bergman.
As in my last review…
World Trigger: Episodes 1-25 Streaming
Episodes 1-25 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)
“I can imagine in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they’d never expect…
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency
It’s that time again! Time for more Bizarre Adventures! Time for more Jojo!
(Note: Since this is a review of the sequel, it’s safe to assume this review will contain small spoilers to the original…
YuruYuri Returning For Third Season
Soon it will be time to return to Nanamori Middle School’s Amusement Club and get re-acquainted with its members Kyoko, Yui, Chinatsu and of course, the (un)forgettable Akari when the …
Crunchyroll Manga Now Free For All Premium Members
While Crunchyroll is mainly known for its vast catalogues of anime and Asian drama, the company has recently expanded into the business of publishing digital manga series’ in tandem with…
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!
Episodes 1-2 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” – Eden Phillpotts
Previous reviews by…
Crunchyroll Launching On Wii U This Thursday
For a while now, fans of Japanese anime and Asian drama series’ in Europe have been able to stream thousands of hours worth of content to various device, from phones, tablets, smart TVs and…
2015 – What Next?
2015 – What Next? Hopes and fears as some of the writers at Anime UK News take stock and look to the future of anime (and manga) in the UK…
HdE says: 2014 was certainly an interesting year in anime…